“Neurotics complain of their illness, but they make the most of it, and when it comes to taking it away from them they will defend it like a lioness her young.”
— Sigmund Freud
Simplified Meaning:
People who worry a lot complain about their problems, but they actually use those problems to their advantage. If someone tries to take their problems away, they will fight very hard to keep them.
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